The Supreme Court has ruled that the 2nd amendment applies to individual citizens. But how does that affect you? How does it affect the lives of your and your children? Who is packing a pistol? Should you be carrying one too? What you should know before you step out your front door.

If you are anti-guns, or afraid of guns, or just don't like them and don't want them in your house, then this blog is for you.(It might just change your mind)

Saturday, January 12, 2013

Wyoming Bans Federal Gun Bans!

Wyoming hasintroduced legislation but not yet passed it, that would make it a felony to enforce the expected forthcoming federal gun ban.

EDIT: Key words here "that is owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming and that remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming."

A
Republican state lawmaker in Wyoming hasintroduced legislationto
prohibit enforcement of federal gun control measures that Vice President Joe
Biden is likely to recommend next week.

State Rep. Kendell Kroeker (R-Evansville) has put forward a bill
making it a felony to enforce in Wyoming any federal ban on assault weapons or
high-capacity gun magazines.

Kroeker said his bill, which would
hit federal agents with up to five years in prison and a $50,000 fine for
attempting to enforce such bans in Wyoming, is designed to be proactive in
preserving gun rights.

"We want to get things ahead
of the game," Kroeker said, pointing to opponents of the Bill of Rights
two centuries ago who argued that the amendments were not necessary because
there was no issue over those rights. "We take the Second Amendment
seriously in Wyoming."

"I take an oath to uphold,
support and defend the Constitution of the United States and the constitution
of Wyoming," said Kroeker. "I believe it is my duty to take that
oath seriously. If the federal government is going to pass laws taking back our
rights, it is our right as a state to defend those rights."

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HOUSE BILL NO. HB0104 Firearm Protection Act. Sponsored by: Representative(s) Kroeker, Baker, Burkhart, Jaggi, Miller, Piiparinen, Reeder and Winters and Senator(s) Dockstader and Hicks A BILL for 1 AN ACT relating to firearms; providing that any federal law 2 which attempts to ban a semi-automatic firearm or to limit 3 the size of a magazine of a firearm or other limitation on 4 firearms in this state shall be unenforceable in Wyoming; 5 providing a penalty; and providing for an effective date. 6 7 Be It Enacted by the Legislature of the State of Wyoming:8 9 Section 1. W.S. 6-8-405 is amended to read: 10 11 6-8-405. Offenses and penalties; defense of Wyoming 12 citizens. 13 14 (a) No public servant as defined in W.S. 6-5-101, or 15 dealer selling any firearm in this state shall enforce or 16 attempt to enforce any act, law, statute, rule or 2013 STATE OF WYOMING 13LSO-04261 HB01041 regulation of the United States government relating to a 2 personal firearm, firearm accessory or ammunition that is 3 owned or manufactured commercially or privately in Wyoming 4 and that remains exclusively within the borders of Wyoming. 5 6 (b) Any official, agent or employee of the United 7 States government who enforces or attempts to enforce any 8 act, order, law, statute, rule or regulation of the United 9 States government upon a personal firearm, a firearm 10 accessory or ammunition that is owned or manufactured 11 commercially or privately in Wyoming and that remains 12 exclusively within the borders of Wyoming shall be guilty 13 of a misdemeanor felony and, upon conviction, shall be 14 subject to imprisonment for not more less than one (1) year 15 and one (1) day or more than five (5) years, a fine of not 16 more than two thousand dollars ($2,000.00) five thousand 17 dollars ($5,000.00), or both. 18 19 (c) The attorney general may defend a citizen of 20 Wyoming who is prosecuted by the United States government 21 for violation of a federal law relating to the manufacture, 22 sale, transfer or possession of a firearm, a firearm 23 accessory or ammunition owned or manufactured and retained 24 exclusively within the borders of Wyoming. 2013 STATE OF WYOMING 13LSO-04262 HB01041 2 (d) Any federal law, rule, regulation or order 3 created or effective on or after January 1, 2013 shall be 4 unenforceable within the borders of Wyoming if the law, 5 rule, regulation or order attempts to: 6 7 (i) Ban or restrict ownership of a semi-8 automatic firearm or any magazine of a firearm; or 9 10 (ii) Require any firearm, magazine or other 11 firearm accessory to be registered in any manner. 12 13 Section 2. This act is effective immediately upon 14 completion of all acts necessary for a bill to become law 15 as provided by Article 4, Section 8 of the Wyoming 16 Constitution. 17 18 (END) 3 HB0104

True Hoplophobia, or the fear of guns, is a mental illness which, like other true phobias, incapacitates its victims with anxiety, shortness of breath, inability to think clearly and rationally. Obviously, we who are fearful of guns and their destructive power don't have true Hoplophobia. But we are still afraid. Why?

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PRO GUN QUOTES

Gun control:The theory that a woman found dead in an alley, raped and strangled with her panty hose, is somehow morally superior to a woman explaining to police how her attacker got that fatal bullet wound. - L. Neil Smith

Gun control has not worked in D.C. The only people who have guns are criminals. We have the strictest gun laws in the nation and one of the highest murder rates. It's quicker to pull your Smith and Wesson than to dial 911 if you're being robbed. - Lieutenant Lowell Duckett, President Black Police Caucus, Special Assistant to Washington, D.C. Police Chief

They have gun control in Cuba. They have universal health care in Cuba. So why do they want to come here? - Paul Harvey, 1994

Suppose the Second amendment said A well-educated electorate being necessary for self-governance in a free state, the right of the people to keep and read books shall not be infringed. Is there anyone who would suggest that means only registered voters have a right to read? - Robert Levy, Georgetown University Professor

We should not blame a gun itself for any crime or any acts of violence, any more than we can blame a pen for misspelling a word. - Senator Bennett (R-UT), Congressional Record, 5/16/68

When governments fear the people, there is liberty. When the people fear the government, there is tyranny. The strongest reason for the people to retain the right to keep and bear arms is, as a last resort, to protect themselves against tyranny in government. - Thomas Jefferson (1743-1826), US Founding Father, drafted the Declaration of Independence, 3rd US President of the United States

PRO GUN CONTROL QUOTES

For target shooting, that's okay. Get a license and go to the range. For defense of the home, that's why we have police departments.- James Brady

The most effective means of fighting crime in the United States is to outlaw the possession of any type of firearm by the civilian populace.- Janet Reno

We need to stand firm on behalf of sensible gun control legislation. We have to enact laws that will keep guns out of the hand of children and criminals and mentally unbalanced persons.- Hillary Clinton

Without stronger, sensible gun laws, thousands upon thousands of people will continue to die and be injured needlessly each year.- Brady Campaign

We don't need any additional gun laws, we need to enforce the ones that we've got!- Anonymous

One third of all households with children younger than eighteen have a firearm-Brady Campaign

If I could have gotten 51 votes in the Senate of the United States for an out-right ban, picking up every one of them... 'Mr. and Mrs. America, turn 'em all in,' I would have done it. I could not do that. The votes weren't here.-Senator Dianne Feinstein

This year will go down in history. For the first time, a civilized nation has full gun registration. Our streets will be safer, our police more efficient, and the world will follow our lead into the future!- Adolph Hitler